Masonry wall and corner guide



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4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed July 26, 1957 INVENTOR. W 5 as 2" Harv" BY y A 7' TOR/V576 Nov. 4, 1958 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed July 26, 1957 United The present invention relates to a guide for supporting a masons line in the" position parallel to and spaced from a wall of a building substructure.

An object of the present invention is toprovide a masonry wall and corner guide which lends itself to ready installation on the walls of a building substructure and to ready attachment of a masons line thereto.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a masonry wall and corner guide for supporting a masons line which may be adapted to attachment of lines for laying masonry in full or partial walls or in walls having corner portions or gable portions.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a masonry wall and corner guide which is readily attached and detached from a building substructure wall, one which is easy to use, one which enables the user thereof to lay accurately aligned masonry courses, and one which is highly effective in action.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a masonry wall and corner guide for attachment of a m-asons line which is simple in structure, sturdy in construction, and economically feasible.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a portion of a building Wall under construction at a corner thereof,-the wall of the building substructure being shown erected and two courses of brick showing as being partially laid, the guide of the present invention being shown installed on the building substructure wall corner with a masons line extending therefrom to a projecting end portion of a frieze board on the erected wall and another line extending to an auxiliary support on a spaced portion of the wall;

Figure 2 is a sectional view, taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, two building corners being shown;

Figure 3 is an elevational view of a gable end of a building showing a modified form of the auxiliary support shown in Figure 1 attached to the gable frieze board;

Figure 4 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 44 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the assembly shown in Figure 1, with the principal adjusting handle swung from the position shown in Figure 1;

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 77 of Figure 6;

Figure 7a is an enlarged View of a portion of the assembly of Figure 7, with a mid-section broken away;

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 88 of Figure 7;

rates Patent 0 F 2,858,613 Patented Nov. 4, 1958 Figure 9 is a sectional view takenon the line 9-9 of Figure 7; I

Figure 10 is a sectional view taken on the line 10 -10 of Figure 7;

Figure 11 is an elevational view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 11-11 of Figure 1, showing one wing of the auxiliary line support;

Figure 12 is a fragmentary elevational view showing a portion of the other wing of the auxiliary line support shown in Figure 11;

Figure 13 'is a fragmentary isometric view ofa portion Figure 17 is a sectional View, similar to Figure 16,

2 showing a modified form of the auxiliary line support for use in inside substructure wall corners;

Figure 18 is an elevational view of the auxiliary line support of Figure 17;

Figure l8ais'an enlarged view of the gauge used in the assembly of Figures 17 and 18; r

Figure 19 is a sectional view taken on.the line 19-19 of Figure 18; t

Figure 20 is a sectional view taken on the line 20-20 of Figure 19;

Figure-21 is a plan view of the clamp used in the assembly shown in Figures 17 and 18;

Figure 22 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale,

taken on the line 2222 of Figure 18;

Figure 23 is an isometric view of the, gauge holder of i the assembly of Figures 17 and 18;.,.,',

Figure 24 is a sectional view, on an enlarged 'scale, 1 of the support shown in Figures 3 and 4; and Figure 25 is a sectional view taken on the line 2525 of Figure 24.

Referring in greater detail to the drawings in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views in Figures 1 and 2, the reference numeral 10 iiidicates a building substructure including a first upstanding wall 12 and a second upstanding wall 14 positioned perpendicularly with respect to'the wall 12 and having one end thereof joined to one end of the wall 12. A third wall 12 is similarly arranged with respect to the wall 14 as is the wall 14 with respect to the'wall 12 and the masonry wall and corner guide will be described with respect to the walls 12 and 14.

In Figures 1, 2, 6 and 7, the masonry wall and corner guide of the present invention is designated g enerally'by' the reference numeral 16 andvcomprises an angle member 18 having legs 20 and 22. Two such-angle members 16 are shown in Figure 2, each disposed in' an'upright position with the joinder of the angle member exteriorly of and in abutting engagement with the junction of the walls- 12 and 14 and 12 and 14'.- The legs 20 and 22 of the angle member 18 abut and extend along the walls 14 and 12, respectively. similarly disposed and is identical. The following description of the angle member 18 will applyto the angle member 18 secured to the walls 12 and 14.

The angle member 18 may be secured to the junction of the walls 12 and 14 by any conventional means, nails- 24 being shown in Figure 6 as one form of a means for securing the angle member 18, although-the tension of the masons line may be used to hold the angle member 18 in position,

The other angle member 18 is A horizontally disposed arm 26 is positioned exteriorly of the angle member 18 and has one end provided with a vertically disposed hole 28' receiving an upright bolt 30 carried on the free end'of'a n abutment member 32 which is fixed to the joinder of the angle member 18, as shown in Figures 6 and 7.

The bolt 30 connects the arm 26 to the joinder of the angle member 18 for limited swinging movement about the bolt 30 as a vertical axis. Releasable means is oper-' atively connected to the arm 26 for holding the arm 26 in any selected position of its swinging movement. This means consists in a nut 34 having a' swivel handle 36 pivotally connected thereto, the nut receiving the upper end portion of the bolt 30- for tightening the arm 26 against the abutment member 32.

A line attaching means is carried by the arm 26 adjacent the other end thereof for supporting a horizontally disposed masons line 38"when arranged to extend in parallel relation and spaced from and along one of the walls 12 or 14 or along bothof the walls 12 and 14. Specifically, this means embodies a sleeve 40 mounted on the arm 26 for sliding movement toward and away from the angle member 18. Releasable means is operatively connected to the sleeve 40' for holding the sleeve 40 in any selected position of its' sliding movement along the arm 26. Specificially, this means consists in a locking bolt-42 threaded in the upper portion of the sleeve 40 and having its lower end bearing against the arm '26 when tightened in the sleeve 40, as shown in Figure 7.

As shown in Figure 9, a vertically disposed rod 44 is dependingly carried by the sleeve 40 and is formed integrally therewith. A tubular element 46 is circri'mposed about the rod 44 and is connected to the latter for upward and downward movement, there being provided with releasable means embodying a thumb bolt 48, Figures 7 and 9, operatively connected to the tubular element 46 for holding the tubular element 46 in any selected position of its upward and downward sliding movement on the rod 44. A pair of downwardly directed pins 50 are carried on the lower end of the plate 52 which is secured to and formed integrally with the tublular element 46. The plate 52 has spaced holes 54 and anotch.56, as shown best in Figure 8. Each of the pins 50 is provided with a notch 58 at a point inwardly of its lower end and adapted to receive therein a looped portion of the masons line 38.

The notches 56 and 58 provide attaching means for the masons line 38 in both a vertical position or a horizontal position, as shown in Figure l, the line extending from a frieze board 60 in the building substructure and extending through the notch 56 and also extending from one of the notches 58 along and spaced from the wall 12 to an auxiliary line support means designated generally by the reference numeral 62.

The sleeve 40 and the tubular element 46 carry the line attaching means for both vertical and longitudinal movementrelative to the arm 26.

Referring to Figures -6 and 7, a brick course heighth gauge 64 is shown attached to the outer face of the one leg 22 of the angle member 18 at a point intermediate the ends of such'outer leg, the heighth gauge 64 consisting in arule 66 adjustably positioned for vertical movement inthe free end of an arm 68. The arm 68 is mounted upon aprojecting pin '70 for limited swinging movement about the pin 70 as a horizontal axis. A stop pin '72 is engaged by an abutment 74 on the arm 68 for holding the latter in its full line position (Fig. 7) in which the rule 66 is vertical and the lower endthereof indicates the proper heighth of a course of bricks, such course of bricks being-shown in Figures 1 and 2 and designated generally by the-reference numeral 76. The arm 68 is provided with a hinged joint78, enabling the arm 68 to swing, as shown in Figure 6, from .a position longitudinally of the leg 22 to a perpendicular position, as shown in dotted lines. The arm also swings, from the horizontal position shown in Figure 7 to an upright position shown in dotted'lines' in that figure.

A cleat 80 is carried by each of the legs 20. and 22 for winding theron of the end portion of the masons line 38, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The rule 66 is shown in an enlarged elevational view with a portion broken away in Figure 7a.

The auxiliary line support 62, shown generally in Figures l and 2, is shown in detail in Figures 11 to 15. The support 62 includes a base member 82 (Fig. 13) of right angle cross-sectional configuration and having horizontally disposed slots 84 adjacent its upper and lower ends for adjustable attachment of a rule plate 86 (Fig. 11). The rule plate 86 is shown in Figure 14 removed from its attachment to the base member 82. The base member 82 has a vertically disposed slot 88 and slotted holes 89 foradjustably securing the support 62 to the substructure of the building. In Figure 12 the rule plate 86 is reversed so'as tobe supported'on the right "hand side of the base member 82 which has been inverted end for end. A line holding element '90 is shown in Figure 15 and has a peep hole 92 for observation of the indicia of the rule plate '86 as the holder '90 is slid along the free edge of the rule plate 86 over .such indicia. A hole 94 in one end of the holder is adapted for insertion therethrough of the masons line 38 and the other end of the holder 90 is provided with a vertically disposed bar 96 forming a cleat for wrapping therearound of the excess portion of the line 38. In Figures 3 and 4, the auxilary 'line support 62' is shown attached to a gable frieze board 60 inthe building substructure, the slot 88 receiving therein an auxiliary line holder, designated generally by the reference number '98. The line holder 98 is shown partially in section-in'Figure 24 and 25 and consists in a bolt member 100 having an eye formation 102 on one end thereof and having a threaded portion on its other end receiving a wing not '104. The bolt member 100 extends through the slot 88 in the auxiliary line support 62 and carries intermediate its ends a downwardly depending guide; element 106. The guide element 106 has its'lower end provided with a groove for receiving a mid-portion of the masons line 38 and a nut 108 with the lock washer 110 provides the means for accurately positioning the guide element 106 relative to the support 62, When the holder 98 is attached to the gable frieze board 60, the masons line 38 extends through the eye formation in the bolt member 100, as shown in Figure 4, and serves as a guide for erecting the bricks 112 in the building wall beneath such frieze board 60.

In Figure '16, two of the auxiliary line supports 62 are shown in position supporting mason lines 38 parallel and spaced'frorn a building internal corner, the building being designated generally by the reference numeral 114.

In Figures 17 to 23, a modified form of means for supporting the masons line 38 within such a corner of a building, as shown in Figure 16, is illustrated. This support is designated generally by the reference numeral 11.6 and consists in an angular plate 118 (Fig. 19) having a vertically disposed socket 120 at the joinder of its legs. The socket 120 receives a pin 122 carried on one end of a horizontally disposed bar 124, the bar 124 providing a support for a slide element 126. The slide element 126 has a vertically disposed bore 128 and a vertically disposed bar 130, having indicia thereon, is slidably' mounted in the hole 128 and is adjustably positioned in any selected position of its up and down movement by means of a thumb bolt 132. Another thumb bolt 134 adjustably positions the slide element 126 on the bar 124. The lower end portion of the bar is provided with a curved portion having a notch 136 in one side thereof and a further notch 138 through which extends the .masonsline 38, as shown in Figure 22.

In use, thesupport 116 is positioned in the corner of a building structure, designated by the reference numeral 114 in Figure 17, with the legs of the plate 118 secured to the building substructure wall, conventional nails or screws being used and extending through slots 140 provided in the legs of the plate MS, as shown in'Figure 20. The masons line 38 is strung between the support 116 and another support at a distance along the building wall, the other support being the assembly shown in Figures 6 and 7, if desired.

In each of the supports 62 and 116, the rule plate 86 and bar 130 is marked in graduations suitable for the laying of bricks in courses, the graduations being well known in the art and particular to the type of brick used.

It will be found that the masons line is readily adjustable along the building wall substructure and is quickly and easily attached to each of the supporting elements heretofore described. The elements themselves are quickly and easily mounted upon the building substructure wall and are as quickly detached therefrom for moving to another location or for storage.

While only preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, other embodiments are contemplated and numerous changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

For use with a building substructure including a first upstanding wall and a second upstanding wall positioned perpendicularly with respect to said first Wall and having the junction of said first and second walls and with the two legs thereof abutting and extending along said walls from the junction thereof, means for detachably securing said angle member in position on said walls, a horizontally disposed arm positioned exteriorly of said angle member and having one end connected to the joinder of said angle member for limited swinging movement about a vertical axis, releasable means operatively connected to said arm for holding the latter in any selected position of its swinging movement, and a line attaching means carried by said arm adjacent the other end thereof for supporting a horizontally disposed masons line when arranged to extend in parallel spaced relation along one of said walls, said attaching means embodying a sleeve mounted on said arm for sliding movement toward and away from said angle member, releasable means operatively connected to said sleeve for holding said sleeve in any selected position of its sliding movement, a vertically disposed rod dependingly carried by said sleeve, a tubular element circumposed about said rod and connected to the latter for upward and downward sliding movement, and releasable means operatively connected to said element for holding the latter in any selected position of its sliding movement, said element being provided with a notch adapted to receive therein a looped portion of a masons line.

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